Leave thy Ophelias Be

Your surface gleams with still serenity

A radiance tranquil blue 

Perfect cadence of ebb and flow 

A free fluidity. A pensive adagio

Oh why betray such bountiful virtues

What will quench your thirst?

You copiously gulp the lavish rays 

Then expel them in celestial bursts.

Yet your mesmerising waves demand a feast

A meal of body and blood

Swimmers, Sailors, women or men 

Consumed by a merciless flood

Oh how they must of thrashed and fought

Against you watery pull

Lungs that shriek in staving pain 

The maelstrom not quite full

What of the drowned undrowned?

that stand by the oceans edge

who cry, salt water tears of loss

Must they too sink under seas so cold?

                       --

A cacophony of pain; a deathly repose 

                       --

When will your appetite of souls be curbed? 

Leave thy Orphellias be!

When can we stare beyond sandy bays 

In love, again, with the sea ?    

Reviews

[quinfinn]

well, this reads like a classic and i know that turns you on so, i thought you had to know it. you have an ancient soul when you write certain genres and i think it is obvious to many of us that there is no stopping your gift from re-emerging time after time on these pages. i consider myself fortunate to have become a friend and have my world enriched by your presence there. a great write, John

[PoeticVandal]

What a beautiful read..
Thank you

[KarinaT]

OMG! That is remarkable. Considering it's coming from an eighteen year old student I feel I'm in the presence of budding genius. Can't wait to see your novel.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

James this is another classic piece of poetry. You seem to have a magic with verse that only the top poets ever experience.